Consultant Fire Engineer

Poutrix; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Fire Engineer to join their dynamic team in Birmingham. In this pivotal role, you will focus on developing comprehensive fire safety strategies and conducting in-depth analyses to ensure compliance with UK fire safety regulations. With a commitment to sustainability and innovation, this forward-thinking company empowers its employees to make a meaningful impact on the environment and society. If you are passionate about fire safety and eager to contribute to a safer future, this opportunity offers a chance to grow your career while making a difference in the world.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or numerate field required.
• Chartered Engineer status preferred or working towards it.

Responsibilities

• Develop Fire Safety Strategy reports and Means of Escape analysis.
• Assess British fire safety legislation and standards.

Skills

Hazard Identification

Fire Risk Assessment principles

As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) understanding

Understanding of fire dynamics

Basic understanding of Active Fire Protection (AFP)

Basic understanding of Passive Fire Protection (PFP)

Education

Engineering degree (Fire Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, etc.)

Numerate degree (Physics, Chemistry, Maths)

Tools

CFAST

FDS

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

The Senior Fire Engineer will work predominantly within the building sector, although opportunities to support other sectors may arise from time-to-time, considering the multidisciplinary nature of Arcadis as well as the range of services Arcadis delivers to its clients.

We work to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations. Around the world, we’re feeling the effects of climate change, rapid urbanization, and loss of biodiversity. The rate at which we’re seeing large-scale, unforeseen events such as floods and wildfires is becoming more frequent. We are here to protect our natural environment and water resources, while powering our world for future generations.

Role accountabilities:

• Development of Fire Safety Strategy reports
• Means of Escape analysis (including calculations of evacuation times; escape routes and exits widths; assessment of travel distances; development and assessment of evacuation strategy plans)
• Assessment and understanding of the main British fire safety legislation and standards applied to buildings, such as Approved Document B (AD B), BS9999, BS7974
• Assessment and understanding of the main British fire safety legislation and standards, such as the London Underground fire safety standards, the Network Rail standards, e.g., LUL – S1371, Railway Safety Principles and Guidance (RSPG)
• Risk Based Interpretation and Application of these fire safety documents as well as other Codes of Practice such as international documents such as NFPA standards (e.g., NFPA 101, NFPA 130)

Qualifications & Experience:

• The candidate would be expected to have a suitable engineering (e.g., Fire Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Aerospace Engineering etc.), Architecture, scientific or other numerate degree (e.g., Physics, Chemistry, Maths) from a recognised university.
• Qualifications should be recognised by a professional engineering body
• Ideally a Chartered Engineer or working towards the Chartership.
• Hazard Identification
• As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) understanding
• Fire Risk Assessment principles
• Understanding of fire dynamics, heat transfer and smoke behaviour principles in enclosed environments (particularly in undergrounds and tunnels)
• Basic understanding of Active Fire Protection (AFP) and Passive Fire Protection (PFP) systems
• Basic knowledge of fire modelling simulation (using zone models such as CFAST and CFD-based models such as FDS)

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.